The firefighters, alerted at 4 p.m., were unable to do anything to save the victim, who was in cardiorespiratory arrest upon their arrival. A 75-year-old man, who was cycling along avenue Georges-Pompidou, in Yffiniac, Monday December 2, 2024, died on the spot following a collision with a van. The driver of the vehicle, according to several sources, fled before emergency services arrived.
The gendarmerie soldiers dispatched to the site carried out observations to try to shed light on these facts. “A major device was deployed on the bridge where the accident occurred,” says the mayor of the town, Denis Hamayon. For approximately three hours, the police identified all the elements likely to advance the investigation. »
Open investigation
This Wednesday, December 4, 2024, the Saint-Brieuc public prosecutor's office indicates that the investigation has been opened on the charge of aggravated manslaughter. It should make it possible to determine the exact course of events in order to determine the responsibilities involved. The investigators to whom the investigations were entrusted have, for the moment, not laid their hands on the driver of the van.
-The victim had been a resident of the town “for more than twenty years”, continues Denis Hamayon. “He had notably participated, with his wife, in the seniors’ meal organized about a fortnight ago,” continues the councilor, who describes a discreet couple. The sixty-year-old was used to cycling which he practiced regularly, particularly during motorhome trips with his wife.
